Prehistoric: I Am the Innate Gourd Vine, Joining a Chat Group
Chapter 3

Teleportation Red Packet

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Li Yuxuan looked at Yang Xuan's message on the screen: "I understand."

She relaxed inwardly. As long as he did not press for answers, it was fine.

Good that he understood. Good that he understood...

As the group owner, as the "Senior-Year Powerhouse," she had to maintain this persona!

Even though she had been completely in the dark when faced with Yang Xuan's profile, she still had to put on an inscrutable air.

"System, what exactly is this 'Immortal'?"

"Insufficient data. Unable to analyze."

"Even you can't find anything?"

"The world the other party resides in is of too high a tier. Permission level insufficient."

Li Yuxuan fell silent.

After becoming the group owner, she had been able to analyze the basic information of most worlds.

For instance, Xiao Yan's Battle Through the Heavens, Zhang Sanfeng's Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Huang Rong's Legend of the Condor Heroes, and Sun Wukong's Dragon Ball.

It was by relying on the information the system provided about those worlds that she had bluffed her way into her first pot of gold.

Only this "Immortal" was a complete blank.

The four words "tier too high" made Li Yuxuan somewhat uneasy, but they also stirred a measure of excitement.

Higher was good.

The stronger the group members, the more wool she, the group owner, could shear from them.

With that thought, Li Yuxuan stopped dwelling on it.

She had to continue playing the role of an unfathomable group owner in the chat!

Meanwhile, Yang Xuan was pondering the very same issue.

The group owner did not know his fate.

That meant two things.

First, this group owner's abilities were not as powerful as he had imagined. At the very least, she was not omniscient and omnipotent.

Second, his identity was secure. As long as he did not expose himself, no one could dig up his background.

To Yang Xuan, that was tremendous news.

His gaze swept over his vine body, where seven gourd blossoms swayed gently in the wind.

"It's time to test the limits of the red packets."

Yang Xuan made up his mind.

He decided to send something—innate spiritual energy.

The air of the Primordial World was suffused with dense innate spiritual energy.

It was the primordial source energy left behind when heaven and earth first opened, a hundred or a thousand times purer than acquired spiritual energy.

In the Primordial World, innate spiritual energy was nothing rare. It was everywhere.

But in other worlds...

The spiritual energy in those worlds had long since degraded into acquired spiritual energy. Some worlds did not even possess spiritual energy, having only so-called internal force, true qi, or battle qi.

What would happen if innate spiritual energy could be sent to those worlds?

With a thought, Yang Xuan began to experiment.

He carefully wrapped a wisp of innate spiritual energy in his divine sense and swept it into the red packet interface.

"Select item to transmit: Innate spiritual energy (one wisp)."

"Recipients: All members."

"Confirm."

The next second—

"Transmission failed."

"Reason: Item energy level too high. Exceeds the current carrying limit of the red packet function."

"Suggestion: Reduce energy density, or divide into smaller units."

Yang Xuan froze.

Energy level too high?

He looked at that wisp of innate spiritual energy. It was only a wisp, about as thin as a strand of hair.

It had actually exceeded the red packet function's carrying limit?

"Looks like this chat group's functions are still in their initial stage. Many restrictions have yet to be unlocked."

Yang Xuan pondered silently.

He tried again, this time splitting that wisp of innate spiritual energy into an exceedingly tiny unit.

How tiny?

Roughly one ten-thousandth of the original—one could call it a particle of innate spiritual energy.

Invisible to the naked eye, yet detectable by divine sense.

"Transmit."

"Transmission successful!"

'Immortal' sent a red packet!

The group instantly exploded into commotion.

Xiao Yan: A red packet! The big shot sent a red packet!

Sun Wukong: Me! Me!

Miss Huang: Hand speed decides fate!

Xiao Yan claimed the red packet!

Sun Wukong claimed the red packet!

Miss Huang claimed the red packet!

Zhang Sanfeng claimed the red packet!

Senior-Year Powerhouse claimed the red packet!

Battle Through the Heavens world.

Xiao Yan stared at the red packet in his hand. It was a tiny transparent ball of light floating above his palm, emitting an extremely faint glow.

"What is this?" Xiao Yan frowned.

He cautiously reached out with his battle qi to touch the ball of light.

The ball shattered, and an exceedingly thin current of air drifted out and merged into his body.

The next second—

Xiao Yan's eyes flew wide open.

"Holy shit!"

His battle qi was circulating.

Not slowly, but madly.

That current of air, so faint it was almost impossible to sense, was like some kind of catalyst, raising the activity of his battle qi severalfold.

The bottleneck that had trapped him at the ninth stage of Battle Qi rapidly shattered its shackles!

"Yao Lao! Yao Lao!" Xiao Yan shouted.

Yao Lao's soul form drifted out. When he saw Xiao Yan's state, his pupils suddenly contracted. "This is... Why is your battle qi circulating on its own?"

"A red packet from the big shot in the group!"

Xiao Yan was so excited that his words tumbled over one another. "Just one wisp of qi, an incredibly, incredibly faint wisp—and my battle qi went crazy!"

Yao Lao extended his divine sense solemnly and felt the remaining wisp of innate spiritual energy within Xiao Yan's body.

Even though it had been diluted to the extreme and merged into the battle qi, Yao Lao still sensed an aura that made his heart tremble.

"This qi..."

Yao Lao's voice quivered faintly. "It is purer than every form of energy I know... It feels as though it is the source of all energy."

"The source?"

"Yes. It's like..." Yao Lao pondered for a moment before finding a term that might not be accurate, yet best conveyed the feeling. "It's like the legendary source qi."

Xiao Yan was stunned.

Source qi?

What the hell was source qi?!

It sounded awesome even though he had no idea what it was!

"Just who is that big shot?" Xiao Yan muttered. "A treasure of this level, and he just gives it away?"

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre world.

Zhang Sanfeng sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, his aged palm holding that transparent ball of light.

He did not absorb it immediately. Instead, he examined it carefully first.

Having lived for over a hundred years, Zhang Sanfeng had seen much of the world.

Yet he had never felt energy so pure.

"Innate qi?" Zhang Sanfeng murmured.

Daoist scriptures recorded that when heaven and earth first opened, one strand of innate qi gave birth to all things.

Later, as heaven and earth evolved, innate qi gradually dispersed and acquired turbid qi arose. What people cultivated was merely acquired qi.

And the wisp of qi in his hand at this moment—how similar it was to the innate qi recorded in those scriptures?

No, it was not merely similar.

It was exactly that.

Zhang Sanfeng drew a deep breath and absorbed the ball of light into his body.

In that instant, the Pure Yang true qi that had circulated within him for a hundred years seemed to be infused with new life.

His body underwent earth-shaking changes as well. His white hair gradually darkened, and the wrinkles on his face diminished.

After a hundred years of cultivation, Zhang Sanfeng had long entered his twilight years. Though his cultivation was profound, his physical body had already begun to decay.

Yet after this wisp of innate qi entered his body, his body actually showed signs of returning to youth.

"Immortal... So this is an immortal."

Zhang Sanfeng opened his eyes, his gaze blazing.

That big shot called "Immortal" truly was an immortal.

Legend of the Condor Heroes world.

Huang Rong looked at the ball of light in her hand and hesitated.

Rather than absorb it right away, she withdrew a silver needle from her sleeve and carefully inserted it into the ball of light.

The silver needle did not change color.

She then tested it with her internal force. The wisp of air surged back along her internal force and into her body, instantly exploding within her.

Huang Rong gave a muffled groan, her expression changing sharply.

Not because it hurt, but because...

It felt too good.

The current flowed through her meridians. Wherever it passed, her meridians widened, her acupoints were nourished, and her internal force was refined.

She had practiced Peach Blossom Island martial arts for more than a decade. Her internal force was already among the best of her peers, but before this wisp of air, her internal force was like a stagnant pool suddenly fed by a living spring.

"This thing..."

Huang Rong's eyes were filled with shock.

She had been called a genius since childhood, and her father, Huang Yaoshi, was one of the greatest martial arts prodigies of the age.

She had believed the pinnacle of martial arts was the level of the Five Greats.

But today, she had seen that beyond the Five Greats, there were immortals!

A casual wisp of qi from an immortal was more precious than all her martial arts combined.

"I have to cling tightly to this thigh!"

Huang Rong clenched her fist, a sly gleam flashing through her eyes.

Dragon Ball world.

Sun Wukong did not immediately absorb that wisp of innate spiritual energy either.

He first sensed the energy inside the ball of light, then frowned.

"The qi in this... is so strange."

Sun Wukong cultivated qi, and his perception of energy was exceptionally sharp.

The energy contained in this current was not powerful. It could even be called weak.

Yet its texture was completely different, like something from a higher dimension that had been forcibly compressed into a lower-dimensional form.

"Wukong, what are you looking at?" Master Roshi came over.

"Something sent by an immortal." Sun Wukong handed the ball of light to Master Roshi.

Master Roshi took it, and his expression changed dramatically. "This qi... How can it be so pure?"

"Is it powerful?" Sun Wukong tilted his head.

"It's not a matter of whether it's powerful or not." Master Roshi looked grave. "It's a matter of quality. It simply isn't on the same level."

Sun Wukong understood.

Or rather, he thought he understood.

"So if I eat it, I'll get stronger?"

Master Roshi: "...That's more or less what it means."

Sun Wukong did not waste a word. He swallowed the ball of light in one gulp.

The next second, the qi within him began to boil.

Master Roshi's face changed dramatically. "You reckless fool!"

Sweat poured from Sun Wukong's body, his muscles swelling as golden qi flames flickered in and out around him.

Only after quite a while did he let out a long breath of stale air. When he opened his eyes, they were filled with excitement.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing! I feel like I've gotten so much stronger!"

Master Roshi carefully observed Sun Wukong's condition. Only after confirming that he showed no adverse reactions did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Yet his feelings became inexplicably complicated again.

And this was only a wisp of qi casually given out by the Immortal.

If that Immortal acted personally, just how powerful would he be?

He did not dare imagine it.

No, it was not that he did not dare to imagine it. He simply could not imagine it at all.

Meanwhile, Yang Xuan was watching the reactions in the group.

Xiao Yan: Boss! What kind of qi is this? It's insanely powerful!

Xiao Yan: The moment I absorbed it, I broke through directly!

Sun Wukong: Tasty! Is there any more?

Miss Huang: Immortal boss, can this qi be used over a long period? Are there any side effects?

Zhang Sanfeng: This is certainly no ordinary item. If this old man is not mistaken, it should be the legendary innate qi.

When Yang Xuan saw the words "innate qi," he nodded slightly.

Zhang Sanfeng truly deserved to be called a Daoist grandmaster. His knowledge was indeed extraordinary.

Immortal: Fellow Daoist Zhang, you have sharp eyes. This is indeed innate spiritual qi, source qi left behind when heaven and earth first opened.

Immortal: In the world where this poor Daoist resides, it is not particularly rare. But in your worlds, it is indeed hard to come by. Feel free to use it, everyone. There are no side effects whatsoever.

Xiao Yan: Not particularly rare???

Xiao Yan: Boss, please don't judge us by your standards!

Xiao Yan: Over here, this is practically a peerless treasure!

Miss Huang: Immortal boss, you've been so good to us. We truly feel unworthy to accept it.

Miss Huang: Is there anything we can do to repay you?

Huang Rong truly lived up to her reputation for being clever and quick-witted.

That question had struck right at the heart of the matter.

Yang Xuan pondered for a moment.

What do I need?

I need to move!

He needed to escape his current predicament of being unable to move.

But he could not say that directly.

An Immortal who had cultivated for three thousand years, saying that he could not move?

That made no sense!

Then there was only one thing he could need!

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